Thursday, May 18, 2017

I noticed it was very clear as I recovered the recycling bins from the curb. So I put the red film on the tablet screen, opened the Globe at Night page, grabbed a lawn chair, and plunked down in the dark backyard with a good view of Leo. Rhonda joined me a few minutes later. Helped Hawkeye with the main constellation stick figure then we went deeper.

Spotted 31 Leonis (4.4) below Regulus. Spotted iota (4.0) below Chertan, opposite Zosma, in the rump. Then 93 Leonis (4.5) above Denebola, forming a rectangle. Zubrah aka 72 (4.6) above Zosma and 60 Leonis (4.4) to the right. With some effort I noted eta (5.3) between Chertan and iota. The lower stars were more challenging with the sky glow from the GTA.

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